#A8262A#A8262A

#A8262A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.166 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8262A
RGB	rgb(168, 38, 42)
HSL	hsl(358, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(358, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.63, 52.00, 30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.63, 60.44, 30.65°)
OKLab	oklab(48.24% 0.1509 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(48.24% 0.166 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2615, 9.8809, 3.1884)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8262A #26A8A4

analogous

#A8266B #A8262A #A86326

triadic

#A8262A #2AA826 #262AA8

tetradic

#A8262A #6BA826 #26A8A4 #6326A8

square

#A8262A #6BA826 #26A8A4 #6326A8

split-complementary

#A8262A #26A863 #266BA8

monochromatic

#440F11 #761B1E #A8262A #D2393E #DE6B6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A8262A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A8262A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8262A

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8262A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8262A	1.00	7.06	2.98	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8262a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 38, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.166 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c64',
    500: '#a8262a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8262a;
$custom-light: #ca6c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8262a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.154,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48243,
    "c": 0.16609,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8262A

secondary

#66C4C1

accent

#E6E142

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8262A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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